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  • Crest Center At CCNY Hosts Gathering Of NOAA Cooperative Institutes

    The NOAA-CREST Center, based at The City College of New York (CCNY), is hosting the sixth annual Cooperative Research Symposium for NESDIS Cooperative Institutes, Tuesday, August 18, and Wednesday, August 19.  The two-day event brings together representatives from Cooperative Institutes and individual schools supported by NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service (NESDIS) to share recent research and highlight the work of graduate students and post-docs.

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  • CCNY Appoints NYPD Veteran Steven Harris Director Of Security And Public Safety

    NEW YORK, August 13, 2009 – Steven L. Harris, a 25-year veteran of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), has been appointed Director of Security and Public Safety for The City College of New York (CCNY).  In addition, Douglas M. White, a member of the CCNY Office of Public Safety since 1992, has been promoted to Deputy Director from Lieutenant.  The appointments, effective August 10, were announced by CCNY President Gregory H. Williams.

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  • CCNY Security Officers Rescue Tenants In Convent Avenue Inferno

    Scores of residents at 260 Convent Avenue, the apartment building across from Baskerville Hall and Steinman Hall on the City College campus can thank the quick response of a team of CCNY public safety officers for helping avert a major tragedy during a fire on July 3.

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  • Japanese Delegation Visits CCNY To Honor Townsend Harris

    Hon. Kiyoshi Masuda, Chairman of the Shimoda, Japan, City Assembly, will lead an eight-member delegation on a pilgrimage to The City College of New York (CCNY) Wednesday, July 15, to honor CCNY’s founder Townsend Harris, who opened the first U.S. consulate in Japan.

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  • Children With Autism Need To Be Taught In Smaller Groups, Pilot Study Confirms

    NEW YORK, July 1, 2009 – Since the 1970s, there has been much debate surrounding the fact that individuals with autism have difficulty in understanding speech in situations where there is background speech or noise.

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  • CCNY Hosts Northern Manhattan Photo Exhibit

    City College’s Compton-Goethals Art Gallery will host “Economy,” an exhibition of 58 photographs by members of the Northern Manhattan Photography Group (NOMA Photo), Wednesday, July 8, through Wednesday, July 22.  Exhibit hours are 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays and 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Thursdays.  The Compton-Goethals Art Gallery is located on Amsterdam Avenue between 139th and 140th Streets.

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  • CCNY Faculty, Alumni Join World Science Festival

    The City College of New York will be well represented at the World Science Festival, which runs June 10 – 14, with some of CCNY’s prominent scientists and alumni participating in the program.  The Festival aims to cultivate public interest, awareness and support for science by taking it out of the laboratory and into the streets, theaters, museums, and public halls of New York City.  Participating presenters include entertainers, writers and artists, as well as scientists.

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  • Conference at CCNY Explores Cyber Threats, Prevention Strategies

    More than 100 experts on network and telecommunications security from academia, government and industry attended a two-day conference on Cyber Infrastructure Protection: Policy and Strategy, June 4 – 5.  The event, sponsored by The Grove School of Engineering’s Center for Information Networking and Telecommunications and the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute, offered presentations on the newest threats to cyber infrastructure as well as novel strategies for thwarting them.

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